(ràng) - to let, to allow; to make (causative) in Mandarin
ràngTraditional: 讓
Translation
to let, to allow; to make (causative)
Word origin
让 (ràng) is a phono-semantic compound of 讠, the speech radical, and 上 marking the simplified sound. The traditional form 讓 used 襄 as phonetic. It means 'to let', 'to allow', 'to yield' and serves as a causative.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 讠(speech radical) + phonetic (襄 in the traditional form 讓)
Stroke order
让
Examples
。
Let me think about it.
。
Mum does not let me go out to play.
。
This news made everyone very happy.
李。
Please let me help you carry the luggage.
。
This film moved me deeply.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 让.
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Stories
(10)Grammar articles
(5)The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject
Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
The Spoken Passives 让 (ràng), 叫 (jiào) and 给 (gěi): What People Say Instead of 被
Mandarin Requests and Imperatives: 请, 别, 不要, the Softening Particles 吧/啊, and Verb Reduplication
Mandarin Verb Reduplication: 看看, 看一看, 休息休息 and the 一下 Alternative
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